Leanne experiences the sudden feeling of being detached from herself. The term best suited to describe her experience is

A) depersonalization/derealization disorder.
B) dissociative identity disorder.
C) dissociative amnesia with fugue.
D) dissociative amnesia.
E) repression.

Leanne's sudden feeling of detachment from herself is best described as depersonalization, which is a symptom of depersonalization/derealization disorder. Dissociative identity disorder involves the presence of multiple distinct identities, dissociative amnesia with fugue involves sudden travel away from one's home or customary place of work or study and an inability to recall one's past, dissociative amnesia involves memory loss, and repression involves the unconscious blocking of a traumatic event or experience.